unawakened

adjective

Definition of unawakenednext
as in sleeping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unawakened
  1. dormant
  2. resting
  3. asleep
  4. drowsy
  5. somnolent
Adjective
  • His channel, which boasts 5.76 million subscribers, has laid dormant since July.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Plants go dormant by late spring so plant them where they won’t be missed, such as beneath the legs of deciduous shrubs.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of dormant
Adjective
  • Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In this condition, a lot of the hairs all over the scalp going into the resting phase all at once–this is seen clinically as an abrupt significant increase in shedding.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
Definition of resting
Adjective
  • The only problem was that Hunter was already sound asleep in the cot, and Morgan was cradling thin air.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Charis Kai, a freshman, was nearly asleep when her resident adviser pounded on the door to her dorm room.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of asleep
Adjective
  • Fatigue Being tired at the end of the day or drowsy at bedtime is not the same thing as fatigue, which is more severe than simply feeling tired.
    Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Improving Detectors’ Effectiveness According to the Foundation for Traffic Safety, 17 percent of all fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of drowsy
Adjective
  • Returning to the somnolent complacency of years past is not an option.
    Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Neuroscientists have long had an explanation for our somnolent twitches.
    Amanda Gefter, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
Definition of somnolent
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Thesaurus Entries Near unawakened

unavoidably

unawakened

unaware

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